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PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX . R . W . Col . SIR FRANCIS BURDETT , Bart ., Provincial Grand Mastcr . A PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE Will be held at the RAILWAY HOTEL , F E L T II A M , Ou Saturday , August 6 th , at 3 p . m ., precisely By command of the Prov . G . Master , H . C . LEVANDER , G . J . D ., July iGth , 1 SS 1 . Prov . Grand Secretary .
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/ -MTY OF LONDON BONDS . "THE CITY OF LONDON COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS ( ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS ) ACT , 1 SS 1 . " LOAN OF £ 500 , 000 . THE CORPORATION , OF LONDON having been requested by the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London to borrow at interest the sum of £ 500 , 000 under the provisions of the above-mentioned Act , the undersigned
is directed by the Finance Committee of the Corporation , acting under an Order of the Court of Common Council , to offer by tender the said Loan of £ 500 , 000 on the terms and conditions understated . The Loan and Interest will be secured on the Consolidated and Sewers' Rates of the City of London ( the rateable value exceeds £ 3 , 500 , 000 per annum ) , and also of the
Revenues of the Lands and Property of the Corporation of London , as provided by the above-mentioned Act . Bonds , under the common Seal of the Corporation , will be issued forsums of £ 1000 £ 500 , or £ 100 respectively , at the option of the Subscribers , and bearing interest , payable half-yearly by means of Coupons at the Bank of England , at the rate of £ 3 per cent , per annum .
I he Bonds will be transferable by indorsement , but may be registered in names at any time at the option of the holders . The Loan will be for a period of Thirty-and-a-half Years , expiring 5 th April , 1 9 , but with Annual Drawings of onethirtieth part of the whole capital sum , to be paid off at par . At least six months' public notice will be given of the results of these Drawings . The first drawing will take
place in 1 SS 2 , and the Bonds drawn will become payable on the 5 th April , 1 SS 3 , and in . like manner yearly until the whole Loan is discharged . Trustees or other persons , for the time being , having power to invest any moneys in nominal debentures or nominal debenture stock , issued under the " Local Loans Act , 1875 , " have power to invest such moneys in these Bonds .
Persons desirous to tender for the whole or any part of the said Bonds must make application at the BANK OF ENGLAND ( Private Drawing Office ) , or AT THIS OFFICE , in the Form annexed ; such applications to be accompanied by a payment or remittance of £ 5 per cent . upon the amount applied for . Applications will not be received later than Wednesday ,
the 27 th instant , at 4 o ' clock p . m . Allotment will take place at this Office , by the FINANCE COMMITTEE of the Corporation and the undersigned , on Friday , the 29 th instant , and in the event of an amount greater than the sum of £ 500 , 000 being offered , a rateable allotment ( not less than £ 100 in any case ) will be made to each applicant , preference being given to the highest
tenders , but no tender will bc accepted at a lower rate than £ * 97 per cent ., or for a fractional sum of less than sixpence , i'he deposits on tenders not accepted will be forthwith returned to the parties tendering . 'The balance of the amount allotted must be paid at this Office on or before Monday , the 31 st October next . Upon
failure of payment of the balance , as above , the deposit will be liable to forfeiture . Interest will commence to run on thc whole amount of each Bond from the 5 th October , 1 SS 1 . Printed forms of application will be furnished at this Office and at the Bank of England .
BENJAMIN SCOTT , Chamberlain . Chamber of London , Guildhall . 14 th July , 1 SS 1 . FORM OF APPLICATION . Loan £ 500 , 000 .
THE CITY OF LONDON COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS ( ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS ) ACT , 1 SS 1 . 'To Benjamin Scott , Esq ., Chamberlain of the ] City of London . SIR , I hereby tender at the rate _ of per cent , for the sum of Pounds ,
on account of the Loan ot £ 500 , 000 , to be raised b y the Corporation of London for the purposes of the abovementioned Act , and I request that City Bonds may be delivered to me , or to my order , in respect thereof , in accordance with the announcement in respect of the said Loan , which has been made public . Name , in full
Address , in full Quality or description Dated this day of 1 SS 1 . * Bonds for £ 1000 each Bonds for £ 500 each Bonds for £ 100 each
Total £ * If Bonds of particular amounts arc required , here state details .
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AD DEI GLORIAM ET MORTALIUM BENEFICIUM . VTE INAUGURATION FESTIVAL *• of ye Ancient Fraternitie of ye RAHERE ALMONERS , ( Founded iicxxm . Resuscitated IIDCCCLXXXI . ) WILL BE HOLDEN AT YE CRYSTAL PALACE , ON ST . BARTHOLOMEW ' DAY , WEDNESDAY , ye 24 th Day of AUGUST , 1881 . F . DIXON DIXON-HARTLAND , ESQ ., M . P ., IN THE CHAIR . Dinner on the Table at Six o ' clock p . m ., precisely . Tickets , including Admission to the Palace for the Day—GENTLEMEN , ios . Gd . LADIES , 7 s . 6 d . DOUBLE TICKETS ( Lady and Gentleman ) , iCs . Applications for Tickets must be made not later than Wednesday , the 17 th of August . THOMAS SANGSTER , M . R . C . V . S ., Grand Recorder . G 2 , Long Lane , West Smithfield , E . C .
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The following stand over : — Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent . Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Canadian Craftsman , " " Revista Mas . Mcnsual " ( Teneriffe ) , "The Hull Packet , " "Keystone , " "Voice of Masonry , " " The New York Dispatch , " " Der Long Islaender , " "Citizen , " "The Freemason" ( Toronto ) , " 'The Sunday Times , " " The Jewish Chronicle , " " Broad Arrow , " "The Hebrew Leader , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail . "
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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , J 23 , 1 SS 1 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
t \ Ve do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed liy our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit » f fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ']
PRECEDENCE OF GRAND OFFICERS . To thc Editor of the „ "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Is Bro . "York" quite correctlin his " assumption that a Prov . Grand Master need not be an Installed Master ? I doubt it . veryjuuch , and believe that ]" such a
condition is one of those needful "facts" which , if not " expressed , " are "understood . " It is , I hold , simply and strictly , a " sine quA non . " The words of the Book of Constitutions ] arc , "a Mason of eminence "—a Mason can . hardly bc a "Masonof eminence " if only a M . M . ; if so , a Prov . Grand Master , who is
only a M . M . could take precedence in Grand Lodge of a G . W . who , at any rate , must bc a Warden . I admit , however , that the Book of Constitutions is not clear in such matters , and I am happy , for one , to hear that it is undergoing revision . But ] if even this be so , how does such an argument help " York " or Bro . Newmarch ?
It only intensifies the " reductio ad absurdum " of the G . Registrar , and shews us that ' wejmust also appeal , as I asserted originally , not only to the "Lex scripta" of Masonry but thc " Lex inscripta , " that . is , '_ the usages and precedents obscrved | since 1 S 13 , the latter to explain the former . I am , yours fraternally , LEX LATOMICA .
10 the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — About the precedence of the Grand Mastcr there can be no question ; the Book of Constitutions speaks clearly and unequivocally . The Book of Constitutions also speaks clearly about the position of Provincial Grand Officers ,
when it says that in their province they have the rights and privileges of Grand Oflicers : that is ( to use the words of the Grand Registrar ) , they bear the same position with respect to the provincial brethren that the Grand Officers of England bear with respect to all the brethren in England . It therefore undoubtedly follows that a Provincial Warden
in his province bears a higher position before the members of his province than a Grand Deacon of England bears before the members of all England in general , and of this province in particular ; and thus all that Bro . Nc-winarch contends for must be conceded . When the Grand Registrar
goes on to say—I have alway felt , my view is , ( that officers appointed by the Grand Master take precedence of all officers appointed by Provincial Grand Masters , he does not support his position either directly or by implication by any Constitution , nor has he explained away the Constitution in question . For recollect , as Bro . " Lex Latomica "
Original Correspondence.
justly states , no feeling , no precedent , no usage , can override a distinct regulation of the Book of Constitutions . The truth I imagine is , as has been remarked to me by a Provincial Grand Officer of more than forty years standing , that Provincial Grand Officers have always deli ghted to honour Grand Officers in their province , and have gladly
given them " the highest room , " until now the time has come that Grand Officers claim of right what has usually been accorded to them of courtesy . I never supposed that my " ex absurdo" argument was conclusive ; all I intended to show was that if such an argument could be used in one direction it could be used in
the contrary direction . Bro . * Lex Latomica" thinks my illustrations amusing ; if he will kindly hear me patiently I will try to make them instructive . A Provincial Grand Master need only be a Master Mason ; if he declines to become an Installed Master he is not a member of Grand Lodge : the tabic of precedence has reference to Grand
Lodge only , and therefore , would not have reference to him : the Grand Pursuivant visits his province , and , of course , takes precedence of the Provincial Grand Master ( who is only a Provincial Grand Officer ) , and presides over Provincial Grand Lodge . I know how this absurd result is always avoided , but that does not invalidate thc
argument . Again , if it were possible for the M . W . G . M . to offer the post of Grand Director of Ceremonies to our worthy and distinguished Bro . Col . Stanley , would not he—would not my brethren of West Lancashire feel humiliated , I had almost said insulted , by the proposal ; and would he , or
would they feel less humiliated if the Grand Director of Ceremonies , on visiting West Lancashire—were to intrude himself between the Provincial Grand Mastcr and his excellent Deputy ? I trow not . Bro . " Lex Latomica" thinks that in selecting the Grand Organist I may , perhaps , get some advantage ; but the
Grand Registrar says that , in his view , all officers appointed by the Grand Master take precedence of all Provincial Grand Officers ; surely all Grand Officers embrace the Grand Organist , though he be a Warden—nay , do they not even embrace the Grand Tyler ? When the next Freemason appears I shall be a thousand
miles away , but I hope , if need be , an abler pen than mine will vindicate the position of Bro . Newmarch . I cannot , however , take my leave without sincerely thanking Bro . "Lex Latomica" for his courtesy , and you , Bro . Editor , for your kindness in inserting my two lengthy letters . I am , yours truly and fraternally , YORK .
To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — If Bro . Newmarch is right in his contention—that within their district Provincial Grand Officers possess all the privileges of Grand Officers—what functions would the actual Grand Officers of the year be called upon to
discharge in the event of a Grand Lodge being held out of London ? " You cannot " ( says Bro . Newmarch ) " import into a written and established law a restrictive clause , " Sec Now , it is quite clear that one of the privileges of Grand office is the right of officiating as Grand Warden , Grand
Deacon , and so on . Yet , if the oflicers of the Grand Master should be allowed to supersede those of the Provincia Grand Mastcr , a " restrictive clause" would be at once imported into the " written and established law" upon which Bro . Newmarch relies . Yours fraternally , LEX SCRIPTA .
WHERE AND WHEN WAS WILLIAM PRESTON INITIATED INTO FREEMASONRY ? To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Yourself and others have repeatedly asked lhe above questions , but , to the best of my belief , they have
never been answered satisfactorily . I shall , tlicrefore , venture lo ask sufficient space in your paper to . solve that riddle . 'The "Freemasons' Magazine" of 1795 opens with a memoir of Preston , by S . J . ( Stephen Jones ) . 'The writer says :
" His own intimacy with that gentleman ( Preston ) pointed him out to the proprietor of the ' Freemasons ' Magazine , ' who has at sundry times since the commencement of that work applied to him to obtain permission from Mr . Preston for engraving his portrait and publishing some memoirs of him to gratify the curiosity of numerous
inquirers among the patrons of the magazine . " When Bro . Preston finally consented to be copperpla / ed , Bro . S . J . undertook to furnish " such recollections as his memory may supply . " It is needless to go through the early history of Preston ; suffice it , therefore , to say that he was born in Edinburgh ,
July 28 th , O . S . 1742 , and he arrived in London in 17 ( 10 . Preston was , therefore , only eighteen years of age when became to London . "Soon after his arrival in London " ( says S . J . ) " a number of brethren from Edinburgh resolved to institute a Freemasons' lodge in this city , under the sanction of a
constitution from Scotland ; but not having succeeded in their application , they were recommended by the Grand Lodge at Edinburgh to the Ancient ' s Grand Lodge in London , who immediately granted them a dispensation to form a lodge and to make Masons . They accordingly met at the White Hart , in the Strand , and Mr . Preston was the second person initiated under that dispensation .
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PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX . R . W . Col . SIR FRANCIS BURDETT , Bart ., Provincial Grand Mastcr . A PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE Will be held at the RAILWAY HOTEL , F E L T II A M , Ou Saturday , August 6 th , at 3 p . m ., precisely By command of the Prov . G . Master , H . C . LEVANDER , G . J . D ., July iGth , 1 SS 1 . Prov . Grand Secretary .
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/ -MTY OF LONDON BONDS . "THE CITY OF LONDON COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS ( ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS ) ACT , 1 SS 1 . " LOAN OF £ 500 , 000 . THE CORPORATION , OF LONDON having been requested by the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London to borrow at interest the sum of £ 500 , 000 under the provisions of the above-mentioned Act , the undersigned
is directed by the Finance Committee of the Corporation , acting under an Order of the Court of Common Council , to offer by tender the said Loan of £ 500 , 000 on the terms and conditions understated . The Loan and Interest will be secured on the Consolidated and Sewers' Rates of the City of London ( the rateable value exceeds £ 3 , 500 , 000 per annum ) , and also of the
Revenues of the Lands and Property of the Corporation of London , as provided by the above-mentioned Act . Bonds , under the common Seal of the Corporation , will be issued forsums of £ 1000 £ 500 , or £ 100 respectively , at the option of the Subscribers , and bearing interest , payable half-yearly by means of Coupons at the Bank of England , at the rate of £ 3 per cent , per annum .
I he Bonds will be transferable by indorsement , but may be registered in names at any time at the option of the holders . The Loan will be for a period of Thirty-and-a-half Years , expiring 5 th April , 1 9 , but with Annual Drawings of onethirtieth part of the whole capital sum , to be paid off at par . At least six months' public notice will be given of the results of these Drawings . The first drawing will take
place in 1 SS 2 , and the Bonds drawn will become payable on the 5 th April , 1 SS 3 , and in . like manner yearly until the whole Loan is discharged . Trustees or other persons , for the time being , having power to invest any moneys in nominal debentures or nominal debenture stock , issued under the " Local Loans Act , 1875 , " have power to invest such moneys in these Bonds .
Persons desirous to tender for the whole or any part of the said Bonds must make application at the BANK OF ENGLAND ( Private Drawing Office ) , or AT THIS OFFICE , in the Form annexed ; such applications to be accompanied by a payment or remittance of £ 5 per cent . upon the amount applied for . Applications will not be received later than Wednesday ,
the 27 th instant , at 4 o ' clock p . m . Allotment will take place at this Office , by the FINANCE COMMITTEE of the Corporation and the undersigned , on Friday , the 29 th instant , and in the event of an amount greater than the sum of £ 500 , 000 being offered , a rateable allotment ( not less than £ 100 in any case ) will be made to each applicant , preference being given to the highest
tenders , but no tender will bc accepted at a lower rate than £ * 97 per cent ., or for a fractional sum of less than sixpence , i'he deposits on tenders not accepted will be forthwith returned to the parties tendering . 'The balance of the amount allotted must be paid at this Office on or before Monday , the 31 st October next . Upon
failure of payment of the balance , as above , the deposit will be liable to forfeiture . Interest will commence to run on thc whole amount of each Bond from the 5 th October , 1 SS 1 . Printed forms of application will be furnished at this Office and at the Bank of England .
BENJAMIN SCOTT , Chamberlain . Chamber of London , Guildhall . 14 th July , 1 SS 1 . FORM OF APPLICATION . Loan £ 500 , 000 .
THE CITY OF LONDON COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS ( ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS ) ACT , 1 SS 1 . 'To Benjamin Scott , Esq ., Chamberlain of the ] City of London . SIR , I hereby tender at the rate _ of per cent , for the sum of Pounds ,
on account of the Loan ot £ 500 , 000 , to be raised b y the Corporation of London for the purposes of the abovementioned Act , and I request that City Bonds may be delivered to me , or to my order , in respect thereof , in accordance with the announcement in respect of the said Loan , which has been made public . Name , in full
Address , in full Quality or description Dated this day of 1 SS 1 . * Bonds for £ 1000 each Bonds for £ 500 each Bonds for £ 100 each
Total £ * If Bonds of particular amounts arc required , here state details .
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AD DEI GLORIAM ET MORTALIUM BENEFICIUM . VTE INAUGURATION FESTIVAL *• of ye Ancient Fraternitie of ye RAHERE ALMONERS , ( Founded iicxxm . Resuscitated IIDCCCLXXXI . ) WILL BE HOLDEN AT YE CRYSTAL PALACE , ON ST . BARTHOLOMEW ' DAY , WEDNESDAY , ye 24 th Day of AUGUST , 1881 . F . DIXON DIXON-HARTLAND , ESQ ., M . P ., IN THE CHAIR . Dinner on the Table at Six o ' clock p . m ., precisely . Tickets , including Admission to the Palace for the Day—GENTLEMEN , ios . Gd . LADIES , 7 s . 6 d . DOUBLE TICKETS ( Lady and Gentleman ) , iCs . Applications for Tickets must be made not later than Wednesday , the 17 th of August . THOMAS SANGSTER , M . R . C . V . S ., Grand Recorder . G 2 , Long Lane , West Smithfield , E . C .
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The following stand over : — Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent . Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Canadian Craftsman , " " Revista Mas . Mcnsual " ( Teneriffe ) , "The Hull Packet , " "Keystone , " "Voice of Masonry , " " The New York Dispatch , " " Der Long Islaender , " "Citizen , " "The Freemason" ( Toronto ) , " 'The Sunday Times , " " The Jewish Chronicle , " " Broad Arrow , " "The Hebrew Leader , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail . "
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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , J 23 , 1 SS 1 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
t \ Ve do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed liy our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit » f fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ']
PRECEDENCE OF GRAND OFFICERS . To thc Editor of the „ "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Is Bro . "York" quite correctlin his " assumption that a Prov . Grand Master need not be an Installed Master ? I doubt it . veryjuuch , and believe that ]" such a
condition is one of those needful "facts" which , if not " expressed , " are "understood . " It is , I hold , simply and strictly , a " sine quA non . " The words of the Book of Constitutions ] arc , "a Mason of eminence "—a Mason can . hardly bc a "Masonof eminence " if only a M . M . ; if so , a Prov . Grand Master , who is
only a M . M . could take precedence in Grand Lodge of a G . W . who , at any rate , must bc a Warden . I admit , however , that the Book of Constitutions is not clear in such matters , and I am happy , for one , to hear that it is undergoing revision . But ] if even this be so , how does such an argument help " York " or Bro . Newmarch ?
It only intensifies the " reductio ad absurdum " of the G . Registrar , and shews us that ' wejmust also appeal , as I asserted originally , not only to the "Lex scripta" of Masonry but thc " Lex inscripta , " that . is , '_ the usages and precedents obscrved | since 1 S 13 , the latter to explain the former . I am , yours fraternally , LEX LATOMICA .
10 the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — About the precedence of the Grand Mastcr there can be no question ; the Book of Constitutions speaks clearly and unequivocally . The Book of Constitutions also speaks clearly about the position of Provincial Grand Officers ,
when it says that in their province they have the rights and privileges of Grand Oflicers : that is ( to use the words of the Grand Registrar ) , they bear the same position with respect to the provincial brethren that the Grand Officers of England bear with respect to all the brethren in England . It therefore undoubtedly follows that a Provincial Warden
in his province bears a higher position before the members of his province than a Grand Deacon of England bears before the members of all England in general , and of this province in particular ; and thus all that Bro . Nc-winarch contends for must be conceded . When the Grand Registrar
goes on to say—I have alway felt , my view is , ( that officers appointed by the Grand Master take precedence of all officers appointed by Provincial Grand Masters , he does not support his position either directly or by implication by any Constitution , nor has he explained away the Constitution in question . For recollect , as Bro . " Lex Latomica "
Original Correspondence.
justly states , no feeling , no precedent , no usage , can override a distinct regulation of the Book of Constitutions . The truth I imagine is , as has been remarked to me by a Provincial Grand Officer of more than forty years standing , that Provincial Grand Officers have always deli ghted to honour Grand Officers in their province , and have gladly
given them " the highest room , " until now the time has come that Grand Officers claim of right what has usually been accorded to them of courtesy . I never supposed that my " ex absurdo" argument was conclusive ; all I intended to show was that if such an argument could be used in one direction it could be used in
the contrary direction . Bro . * Lex Latomica" thinks my illustrations amusing ; if he will kindly hear me patiently I will try to make them instructive . A Provincial Grand Master need only be a Master Mason ; if he declines to become an Installed Master he is not a member of Grand Lodge : the tabic of precedence has reference to Grand
Lodge only , and therefore , would not have reference to him : the Grand Pursuivant visits his province , and , of course , takes precedence of the Provincial Grand Master ( who is only a Provincial Grand Officer ) , and presides over Provincial Grand Lodge . I know how this absurd result is always avoided , but that does not invalidate thc
argument . Again , if it were possible for the M . W . G . M . to offer the post of Grand Director of Ceremonies to our worthy and distinguished Bro . Col . Stanley , would not he—would not my brethren of West Lancashire feel humiliated , I had almost said insulted , by the proposal ; and would he , or
would they feel less humiliated if the Grand Director of Ceremonies , on visiting West Lancashire—were to intrude himself between the Provincial Grand Mastcr and his excellent Deputy ? I trow not . Bro . " Lex Latomica" thinks that in selecting the Grand Organist I may , perhaps , get some advantage ; but the
Grand Registrar says that , in his view , all officers appointed by the Grand Master take precedence of all Provincial Grand Officers ; surely all Grand Officers embrace the Grand Organist , though he be a Warden—nay , do they not even embrace the Grand Tyler ? When the next Freemason appears I shall be a thousand
miles away , but I hope , if need be , an abler pen than mine will vindicate the position of Bro . Newmarch . I cannot , however , take my leave without sincerely thanking Bro . "Lex Latomica" for his courtesy , and you , Bro . Editor , for your kindness in inserting my two lengthy letters . I am , yours truly and fraternally , YORK .
To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — If Bro . Newmarch is right in his contention—that within their district Provincial Grand Officers possess all the privileges of Grand Officers—what functions would the actual Grand Officers of the year be called upon to
discharge in the event of a Grand Lodge being held out of London ? " You cannot " ( says Bro . Newmarch ) " import into a written and established law a restrictive clause , " Sec Now , it is quite clear that one of the privileges of Grand office is the right of officiating as Grand Warden , Grand
Deacon , and so on . Yet , if the oflicers of the Grand Master should be allowed to supersede those of the Provincia Grand Mastcr , a " restrictive clause" would be at once imported into the " written and established law" upon which Bro . Newmarch relies . Yours fraternally , LEX SCRIPTA .
WHERE AND WHEN WAS WILLIAM PRESTON INITIATED INTO FREEMASONRY ? To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Yourself and others have repeatedly asked lhe above questions , but , to the best of my belief , they have
never been answered satisfactorily . I shall , tlicrefore , venture lo ask sufficient space in your paper to . solve that riddle . 'The "Freemasons' Magazine" of 1795 opens with a memoir of Preston , by S . J . ( Stephen Jones ) . 'The writer says :
" His own intimacy with that gentleman ( Preston ) pointed him out to the proprietor of the ' Freemasons ' Magazine , ' who has at sundry times since the commencement of that work applied to him to obtain permission from Mr . Preston for engraving his portrait and publishing some memoirs of him to gratify the curiosity of numerous
inquirers among the patrons of the magazine . " When Bro . Preston finally consented to be copperpla / ed , Bro . S . J . undertook to furnish " such recollections as his memory may supply . " It is needless to go through the early history of Preston ; suffice it , therefore , to say that he was born in Edinburgh ,
July 28 th , O . S . 1742 , and he arrived in London in 17 ( 10 . Preston was , therefore , only eighteen years of age when became to London . "Soon after his arrival in London " ( says S . J . ) " a number of brethren from Edinburgh resolved to institute a Freemasons' lodge in this city , under the sanction of a
constitution from Scotland ; but not having succeeded in their application , they were recommended by the Grand Lodge at Edinburgh to the Ancient ' s Grand Lodge in London , who immediately granted them a dispensation to form a lodge and to make Masons . They accordingly met at the White Hart , in the Strand , and Mr . Preston was the second person initiated under that dispensation .